Clinical Microbiology Newsletter
Volume 31, Issue 10 , Pages 71-78 , 15 May 2009

Emerging Infectious Diseases in New England from the Puritans to the Present

  • Mary J. Gilchrist, Ph.D. D(ABMM)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding Author: Mary J. Gilchrist, Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, 305 South Street, Boston, MA 02139. Tel.: 617-983-6202. Fax: 857-983-6210

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PII: S0196-4399(09)00023-3

doi: 10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2009.04.004

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter
Volume 31, Issue 10 , Pages 71-78 , 15 May 2009